Born
in Budapest
(click here for snapshots),
Hungary
Education:
1979-1985:
Studies in Mathematics at the University of Sciences (ELTE),
Faculty of
Natural
Sciences.
Budapest, Hungary.
1985:
M.Sc. Mathematician Specialised in Operations Research.
M.Sc. Thesis: “A Class of Global Optimization Procedures
and its Application for Determination of the Parameters of Mathematical
Models”. Supervisor:
Dr. János D. Pintér
Research interests and professional expertise:
Operations Research
- Global,
local and hybrid (deterministic and
stochastic) optimisation
algorithms
Advanced
mathematical modelling
-Traditional ARIMA
model identification, time series models
-State space modelling and Kalman filter methods
-Real time modelling, forecast and control
-Lumped and distributed deterministic modelling
-Parameter calibration for mathematical models
-Error-analysis and modelling
-Uncertainty and risk analysis
Applied modelling and numerical simulation in
environmental sciences and engineering
-Hydrological modelling
-Meteorological
(prec. temp.) field analysis and modelling
-Conventional real-time hydrological modelling for forecast and control
-Distributed hydrological modelling for forecast and scenario-analysis
-Flood hydrology and hydraulic modelling of complex river systems
-Flood-risk analysis, flood-risk mapping
-Spatial decision support systems for river basin flood control
-Global change impacts on hydrology and water resources
-Water related natural hazards
Computational
algorithms, software developments, implementations
-Numerical methods and their application for simulations
-Automatic parameter-calibration, system robustness, and efficiency
-Advanced modelling and optimization software applications
-Digital mapping and surface fitting for scientific applications
-Data modelling, database design and database programming
-Advanced interactive 2 and 3-D graphics techniques in user applications
-Development of interactive user friendly software
Computer programming skills:
Programming on scientific language
-FORTRAN (under CP/M,
DOS, Windows and UNIX)
-Visual-FORTRAN
(under Windows)
Programming on database engines
-DBASE,
FoxBASE, FoxPro (under DOS)
-Visual
FoxPro (under Windows)
High-performance graphical tools
-OpenGL
2D/3D graphics API (under Windows and UNIX)
-GINO
graphics (under Windows and UNIX)
Working as a research fellow:
1993 (six
months period):
International Centre for Scientific Culture (ISCS)
World Laboratory – Research fellow at the project LAND-3 (The Protection
of Coastal Marine Environment in the Southern Mediterranean Sea), Centre
in Erice (Italy), under the supervisor of
Prof. Sergej Zilitinkevich. Responsibilities: research activities and
applied computing in the field of environmental science.
Seminars and short courses:
1999 (February):
One week course on three-dimensional compositional
simulation problems and user training for using software package of
MORE, organized by
Roxar, in London (UK)
1996
(January):
One-one week
griding, and advanced griding course of the 3phase, 3D petroleum
reservoir simulator software package of ECLIPSE-100 and GRAF; Organized
by
Schlumberger/GeoQuest
education centre in Denver (Colorado, USA)
1996
(January):
One week advanced
course on methodology of three-dimensional “black oil” reservoir
simulation problems and user training for using software package of
ECLIPSE-100; Organized
by
Schlumberger/GeoQuest
education centre in Denver (Colorado, USA)
1989
(March):
One week seminar
on “Numerical methods of real-time hydrological forecasting” at
University of Bologna (Italy), under the supervisor of Prof. Ezio
Todini; Organized by WMO)
Employment history and responsibilities:
2000 -
Present
(part-time job):
HYDROInform UnLtd., senior researcher, modeller, algorithm and
software developer: Responsible for research programs and consulting
activities in the field of hydroinformatics systems development,
adaptation, and using its for engineering.
2007 -
Present:
Head of Department of Integrated Water Resources Management Division as
a part of the Department of River Basin Management. Central Directorate
for Water & Environment (VKKI).
2003 –
2007:
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
(JRC),
Institute of Environment and Sustainability
(IES),
Floods and Other Weather-driven Natural Hazards
(WDNH)
Action, Ispra-Italy -
Detached National Expert: Responsible for research supporting,
evaluation, developing and real-time testing of a pre-operational
European flood alert system with 1 to 10 day lead-time, focussing on the
major trans-national river basins and to set up flood defence and
mitigation plans for these basins through scenario modelling of the
effects of engineering measures, land-use change including regional
development (e.g. urban expansion) and climate change effects on flood
risk. Responsibilities also included:
-
Development of mathematical methodologies in automatic parameter
calibration and in the different area of hydrology and
hydrometeorology.
-
Computer software development for different purposes
like automatic model calibration; automatic variogram, and
uncertainty analysis for estimation high resolution meteorological
fields; hydrologic data assimilation with the ensemble Kalman
filter; and many useful utilities.
2000 -
2003:
Research Group for Water Management of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
in Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
(VKKT)
- Research
Associate: Responsible for research programs in the field of
statistically-based, physically-based and hybrid mathematical modelling
for water management and environmental systems. The primary emphasis was
in the areas of distributed large-scale hydrological model-development
for rainfall-runoff modelling, flood events analysis, real-time
hydrological forecasting and control, and last but not least for flood
risk mapping.
Responsibilities also included giving lectures on field
of applied mathematics in particular on field of mathematical modelling
and parameter calibration for environmental engineer students at
Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.
1991 -
2000:
Hungarian Oil and Gas Company Plc
(MOL Rt.).
Oil and Gas Laboratories and Engineering Group.
-
Reservoir Engineering Department (1995-2000)
- Senior Mathematician, Consultant: Responsible for research and
scientific support in the field of petroleum reservoir simulation
and production forecast of petroleum reservoirs based on numerical
simulations.
-
Computer Centre (1991-1995)
- Senior Computer-program Developer mathematician: Responsible for
computer software development for different scientific and
engineering purposes, especially for developing digital surface
models for mapping the different characteristics of the petroleum
reservoirs and simulation results.
1981 -
1991:
Research Centre for Water Resources Development (VITUKI)
-
Hydrological Institute (1986-1991)
- Research Associate in “National Hydrological Forecasting Service”
under the supervisor of
Péter Bartha: Responsible for applied research, model and
software-development in the field of real time hydrological
forecasting.
-
Hydrological Institute (1983-1986)
- Research Associate in the team of "Methodological Development for
Hydrological Forecasting”
under the
supervisor of Prof.
András Szöllősi-Nagy:
Responsible for methodological basic research in the field of
real-time hydrological forecasting.
-
Computer Centre (1981-1983)
- Software Developer
under the
supervisor of
Károly Futaki: Primary responsibility for data modelling, database
design and softwaredevelopment of the “Integrated Environmental
Database of Lake Balaton”.
Taking part in international research projects:
2003 –
2007:
Detached National Expert in the project “Floods and Other Weather-driven
Natural Hazards
(WDNH)
Action”, at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre
(JRC),
Institute of Environment and Sustainability
(IES),
Ispra-Italy.
1991
-1992:
Co-worker in the project "Simulated Real-Time Intercomparison of
Hydrological Models", under the auspices of World Meteorological
Organization's (WMO)
Commission for Hydrology. Report no. 38, WMO no. 779; published 1992 by WMO;
ISBN 92-63-10779-3
1990:
Co-worker in the project "Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System",
under the auspices of WMO/UNDP.
Teaching activities:
2000-2003:
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Sanitary
and Environmental Engineering
(VKKT):
Full Time Lecturer on applied mathematical background of the mathematical
modelling and parameter calibration for environmental engineer students.
1994-2001:
Further Education Section of "Szabó Ervin" High-School, Budapest: Part
Time Lecturer on higher applied mathematic, database design and database
programming to informatics students.
1989-1994:
"Szabó Ervin" High-School, Budapest: Part Time Lecturer on mathematic.
